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Ixtoc I oil spill

Description

Ixtoc I oil spill. This spill was caused by a blownout oil well. The well ranwild for 9 months and spilled over 140 million gallons of oil into the Bay ofCampeche.

Credit

Collection of Doug Helton, NOAA/NOS/ORR

Display Date

1979 September circa

Location

Mexico, Bay of Campeche

Collection

America's Coastlines